By Sheelah Kolhatkar When it comes to equal pay, for example, Antilla pointed to a recent study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research on the gender pay gap across different industries, which listed financial [...]

Narrowing the gender wage gap Women earn 20 percent less than men performing the same job, CNBC reported, citing the Institute for Women’s Policy Research; that’s about $0.76 for every dollar men make. Women of [...]

By Danielle Paquette The largest two categories of America's fastest-growing jobs offer some of the country’s lowest wages and weakest benefits. Over the next ten years, analysts expect to see 1.2 million more jobs for [...]

By Jillian Berman Over the past several years, colleges have been accused of failing to addressstudents’ claims of sexual harassment or violence head on, treating the complaints as public relations problems instead of campus climate issues or ignoring [...]

By Emily Peck Powell, while successful and accomplished, simply does not have the same level of economics credentials or policy experience. Choosing Powell “is insulting to all women,” said Heidi Hartmann, an economist who founded [...]

By Laura Ratliff Of course, before women can win elections and change the government, they need to run. Though women make up a more significant share of national and state lawmakers than ever before — the [...]